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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Tasty Book Tours Release Blast and Giveaway for HIGHLAND FAITH by Madelyn Hill

Lady Faith MacAlister wishes for adventure, be careful what you wish for . . .

HIGHLAND FAITH

The Wild Thistle Trilogy #2

Madelyn Hill

Releasing May 17, 2017

Soul Mate Publishing

Huntress Lady Faith MacAlister seeks adventure. Her father’s dying pledge tethers her to Wild Thistle Keep, thwarting her desire to explore the world beyond the palisade. Solace is found while hunting and providing sustenance for her clan. When snatched from the safety of MacAlister lands by a rogue bent on securing a ransom, she finds the adventure of her life.

Disgraced Captain Graeme Ross travels the high seas in search of bounty to sell in order to secure family lands seized by the Crown. He longs to regain his honor in his father’s eyes and continually risks his life buying and selling goods. Lacking enough funds, Graeme and his crew follow Lady Faith MacAlister as she hunts. Out of need and desire, he kidnaps her. The lady captivates him for the moment he laid eyes upon her. Bold and spirited, she fights him. When he negotiates a ransom, deception tears the burgeoning romance apart.

Now, Faith and Graeme seek to settle those differences hindering their union, despite the stretch of sea and land—and angry Highlanders standing between them.

’Twas
her sister’s fault.

Hope
had married Aidan MacKerry, leading the MacAlister Clan together, and now they
were acting like lovesick cows. Aye, they’d recently had another bairn and
’twas why they were smiling like amadans.
But Faith MacAlister had enough of the cooing and kissing.

She
had to leave the Wild Thistle Keep or go mad.

Hunting
was the only option.

The
size of the MacAlister Clan dictated hunting trips each fortnight to keep the larder
full. Faith grabbed her quiver and bow, left word with the guards at the
palisade to inform the lairds Aidan and Hope her direction, and left to find
sustenance and peace.

And
now, three days later she continued stalking the elusive stag. She kenned her
sister would be close to sending a group of men to look for her in a day or so.
Luckily she’d managed an agreement with her sister whom was also her laird. An
agreement between sisters proved hard to negotiate, but she’d won in the end.
And she hunted without escort as long as she never left without telling the
guards her direction.

A
sun filled day, just cool enough not to need too much clothing that may hinder
her movement, but warm enough she didn’t need to start a fire to warm herself.
She stretched in the britches she’d stolen from one of the stable hands. Aye,
she’d tried the tartan her sister Hope loved to wear, but found it too
revealing as she moved and climbed to find her prey. And a gown, the devil take
them, ’twould make it nigh impossible to hunt and secure meat for the clan.

She
moved quietly through the woods. Each footfall, purposeful, silently brought
her closer to her elusive prey.

Aye,
there he stood. In the morning mist that hovered just above the low foliage, a
proud, beautiful stag who’d avoided her arrow for too long. Huge, with several
points on his rack and a cocksure stance stating, I’m king of the forest. She hated to take down the magnificent
animal. But he’d provide for her clan and her duty dictated securing meat for
those who depended on her.

She
drew her bow, stretching the sinew, straining her arm muscles as she prepared
to let the arrow fly. The feather fletching grazed her cheek as she held her
breath waiting for the perfect moment to release. She’d traveled far for this chance,
stalked her prey as her father had taught her so many years ago with her so wee
she could barely hold a bow, much less draw and aim. And today, her size may
well again thwart her hunting. ’Twould be problematic once the massive stag was
felled. She’d have to dress him in the field and lug the meat back with her. No
matter, she’d manage as always.

Two
more steps forward. Stared down the length of the arrow past the head, ready to
release.

“Well,
well, well. What have we here?” a man said.

Madelyn Hill has always loved the written word. From the time she could read and all through her school years, she'd sneak books into her textbooks during school. And she devoured books daily. At the age of 10 she proclaimed she wanted to be a writer. After being a "closet" writer for several years, she sent her manuscripts to the universe and is now published with Soul Mate Publishing. And she couldn't be happier!

A resident of Western New York, she moved from one Rochester to another Rochester to be with the love of her life. They now have 3 children and keep busy cooking, going to the movies, and of course reading!